Letters and printed items of Joseph Louis Vincens Causans, 1753-1770.

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Letters and printed items of Joseph Louis Vincens Causans, 1753-1770.

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The eight items include three handwritten letters and five printed items. Two of the letters are by Causans (letters are addressed to Marquise de Pompadour and an unknown woman); the third is addressed to him. The printed items are about geometry and Causans' publication Quadrature du cercle. All of the items are in French.

8 items bound into modern boards.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Joseph Louis Vincens du Mauléon de Causans was born about the beginning of the 18th century. He was a Knight of Malta, colonel in the infantry, prince of Conti, and governor of the principality of Orange. He published several books on geometry including La vraie géométrie transcendante et pratique (1754). From the description of Letters and printed items of Joseph Louis Vincens Causans, 1753-1770. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 7...